In Albany, New York, G450C members and suppliers are gathering. Plans on 450mm R&D from Europe are likewise being announced. With all of this industry cooperation, how does a chipmaker differentiate on 450mm? The big levers driving cost-benefit, namely lithography and wafer size (

Editor’s Note: The proposed agreement we’ve seen for continued participation in the second phase of the G450C consortium, which has an additional combined investment of $3.3B, requires each partner to build a 450mm fab in New York State if they are going to build one anywh

I was wrong on 450mm. But first, a caveat. When speaking out on the subject in 2007, I wasn’t necessarily wrong. Nor in 2008, 2009, or even in 2010, though there were some signs my position was weakening. 2011? I was busy marketing a book. (Shameless plug… buy “Dormant Curse”.) By 201